Project Update: Municipal Services Center

Post Date:06/29/2017 9:10 AM

The Town of Chapel Hill is working this summer with
UNC-Chapel Hill on next steps for a potential Municipal Services Center– with
an expectation that an engagement and design process will be ready for review by
the Council and community this fall.

A new Municipal service facility would serve several Town
administrative needs which could include police, parks and recreation
administration and fire. The site under consideration is on Estes Drive
Extension adjacent to existing University functions and owned by UNC-Chapel
Hill.

On July 26, the University Board of Trustees will consider a
lease that would set the groundwork for the Town and University to move forward
with a process. The lease would require additional review by Town and State
bodies for possible authorization, and could establish the basic business
relationship for next steps in the project. It would come to the Town Council
in fall 2017 and proceed through the State review process.

Next Steps for summer and fall 2017:

Establish a community
engagement group

Share evaluation of the
existing police station site compared to the Estes Drive Extension site

Refine concept for site
with community engagement group

Conduct any basic site
evaluation/exploration to inform the refinement process

Identify what
information would be required during a regulatory process

Summarize summer efforts
and return to Town Council in fall with proposal for project design, and
regulatory process